Mahamat Idriss Deby (C) arrives at a polling station in N'Djamena on 6 May 2024 during Chad’s presidential election.
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Chadians are bracing themselves for more years of authoritarian rule.
The funeral of Bertha Gisela Gaytan, a mayoral candidate for the municipality of Celaya, Mexico, who was shot dead after her first campaign rally on April 1 2024.
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Mexican elections have been marred by political violence for years, and this year will be no different.
Mahamat Idriss Deby (C) waves to his supporters during his presidential campaign in N'Djamena, on 14 April 2024.
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It’s a near certainty that Kagame will be here for some time to come; but as Rwanda looks to the future, it may need or indeed demand a change of guard.
Protests outside the constitutional court at its decision to grant parole to Chris Hani’s killer, Janusz Walus.
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The court should have given the public a much clearer understanding of how it came to its decision, and what consideration it had given to public opinion.
Protesters demonstrate outside the high court in Cape Town against parole for Janusz Walus.
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The decision is likely to be relied on by courts to order the Department of Correctional Services to grant offenders parole.
Patrice Lumumba, left, first Prime Minister of independent Congo in 1960. The CIA celebrated his death.
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A secret plan to destabilise the new democratic government reveals the failed ambitions of the apartheid state security apparatus and confirms what is known about the brutality of the period.
Alexei Navalny remains in hospital in Germany after he was poisoned in Siberia.
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Michael S Goodman, King's College London; David Frey, United States Military Academy West Point, and David Gioe, United States Military Academy West Point
Vladimir Putin is a standard-bearer, rather than a pioneer in the history of Soviet and Russian political assassination.
Tundu Lissu reacts to supporters as he returns home after three years in exile.
Prosecutors say they’ve closed Sweden’s most famous cold case. But many Swedes still have doubts. The crime and botched investigation have been a ‘national trauma’ for this normally peaceful place.
Dag Hammarskjöld died along with 15 others when his plane crashed in Zambia.
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Does South Africa have skeletons in the closet over the death of the UN Secretary-General?
South African police minister Bheki Cele (left) claims success in the investigation of political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. With him is the head of the police, Khehla Sithole.
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In recent decades, most nations have agreed on certain norms to ensure peace, including an end to assassinations. Trump’s move to kill an Iranian general upends this carefully balanced system.
In the minds of many, the assassination remains a tragedy cloaked in mystery. How does this lack of closure – and the general distrust it fomented – resonate in American culture and politics today?
Student protests in South Africa have centred around free tertiary education.
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